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BEAM PLUS FOR NEW B UILDINGS MATERIALS ASPECTS (M A)
V ERSION 1.2 MA 3 P REFABRICATION
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change in the industry [1]. A new research agenda has therefore been
embarked by the Construction Industry Institute, Hong Kong (CII-HK) to
explore the existing state of implementation of prefabrication and
preassembly, and how they could be successfully applied to construction
services. This paper provides a succinct review of the application of
prefabrication and preassembly in the local public housing construction
industry, followed by the significant ingredients of the captioned research
agenda. A wider use of prefabrication would help overcome many of the
hurdles inherent in traditional in-situ construction, and engender more
technically feasible and cost-effective installations.
Prefabricated components are widely used in the construction of public
housing blocks [2] for better workmanship and quality control and to
maximise construction efficiency. Refer to the footnote [2] for the
application of prefabrication in New Harmony 1 block, a standard block of
today's public rental housing. The Code of Practice [3] provides guidance
on the design, construction and quality control of precast structural and
non-structural elements.
1 Yeung N S Y, Chan A P C, Chan D W M. Application of Prefabrication in Construction – A New Research Agenda for
Reform by CII-HK.
2 Housing Department. Prefabrication in Housing Blocks.
3 Buildings Department. Code of Practice for Pre-cast Concrete Construction.